“60 Minutes” Rebukes Parent For Caving To Trump

The New York Times reports:

In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.

“Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent, Scott Pelley, told viewers. “None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”

Mr. Owens stunned the show’s staff on Tuesday when he said he would leave the highest-rated program in television news over disagreements with Paramount, CBS’s corporate parent, saying, “It’s clear the company is done with me.”

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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

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— 60 Minutes (@60minutes.bsky.social) April 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM